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Im new to the forum and i have a budget of £600, what parts and specs would you recommend for gaming.
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Are you willing to buy secondhand? What games do you play?
This is the cheapest I could put together without going AM4 (the AMD motherboard format):
My basket at OcUK:
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x Kolink Enclave 600W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-04A-KK) = £49.99
- 1 x Crucial P2 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-070-CR) = £79.99
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £50.00
- 1 x Intel Core i3-12100F 3.30GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AS-IN) = £109.99
- 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 6600 Fighter 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1AD-PC) = £269.99
- 1 x Aerocool Tomahawk Midi-Tower ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-21H-AE) = £29.98
- 1 x Asrock B660M Pro RS - Intel B660 DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-18K-AK) = £114.99
Total: £717.23 (includes delivery: £12.30)
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My shot.
I'd probably look to use a dedicated GPU over an iGPU but this is under budget.
My basket at OcUK:
I'd probably look to use a dedicated GPU over an iGPU but this is under budget.
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x Gigabyte A520M DS3H (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-591-GI) = £67.99
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Six Core 3.9GHz (Socket AM4) APU with RX Vega Graphics - Retail (SKU: CP-3CW-AM) = £139.99
- 1 x Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-20M-CR) = £59.99
- 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £79.99
- 1 x Seasonic B12 BC-650 650W 80+ Bronze Power supply (SKU: CA-07R-SS) = £59.99
- 1 x Aerocool Glider Cosmo Midi Tower, Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: CA-221-AE) = £34.99
Total: £455.24 (includes delivery: £12.30)
AMD build
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You could make it cheaper with the ryzen 5 4500/5500 but the 5600 has better performance than both of these chips for not much more money.
You could get a 5600g (especially at this price) you could play most games at 1080p medium settings until you can afford to buy a better gpu.
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again you could drop to a a520 motherboard but your then losing pcie 4 which can be useful for some of the newer low end gpus.
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-58U-GI) = £94.99
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £49.99
- 1 x Kolink Enclave 600W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-04A-KK) = £50.00
- 1 x Kolink AT/ATX "Kettle Plug" 1.2 5A Fuse Meter Mains Cable (SKU: CB-002-KK) = £0.00
- 1 x SilverStone PS15 PRO Mini-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (SKU: CA-459-SV) = £45.94
- 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-04R-PL) = £200.00
- 1 x Patriot Viper VPN100 M.2 2280 PCIe 512GB SSD (VPN100-512GM28H) (SKU: HD-013-PA) = £49.99
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £149.99
Total: £640.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)
You could make it cheaper with the ryzen 5 4500/5500 but the 5600 has better performance than both of these chips for not much more money.
You could get a 5600g (especially at this price) you could play most games at 1080p medium settings until you can afford to buy a better gpu.
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Six Core 3.9GHz (Socket AM4) APU with RX Vega Graphics - Retail (SKU: CP-3CW-AM) = £139.99
Total: £139.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)
again you could drop to a a520 motherboard but your then losing pcie 4 which can be useful for some of the newer low end gpus.
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Yes that is best option at this moment
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Thx guys.Is it worth keeping gtx 970 for mild gaming and upgrade for rest of budget £600?
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No, upgrade your GPU more than anything.
AMD 6600XT or Nvidia 3060 would be a solid upgrade.
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Thx m8 for advice
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Find a second hand one with warranty too. Plenty on the market.
You might even get a 3070 or 6700XT for a very decent price.
Post your current specs here too.
What's the rest of your current system?
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OP might need the PC part for other things like office or video editing or whatever but yes, at that budget, a console does make more sense.
Yes, I'd keep using the 970 for another year. You can then stick under the £600 budget and buy a nicer case and power supply that could last over a decade.
The other chaps are recommending in their selections GPUs that are no better, or APUs like the 5600g. The 5600g is good for certain things (I have one) but will struggle to match last consoles - its a 30fps solution @1080p. The 970 is well over twice the speed.
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I stop playing Diablo 3 well over 3 years ago but Diablo 4 comming next year so is time for upgrade
Maybe just toss in a Radeon 6700 for now, I think these are around £350 at OCUK. You could then save up a bit more cash in the meantime for the rest of the system.
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That's a very good shout.
If you're building your PC only for Diablo 4 then I'd consider just hanging on. Until there are some performance reviews out, it is hard to know what part to prioritise. There's a lot of new hardware due between now and Q2 2023, so you may get better value for money too.